Explore the daring stories and unforgettable personalities of early sound-era Hollywood with this 20 Pre-Code Films DVD Collection. Featuring Jean Harlow, Barbara Stanwyck, James Cagney, Marlene Dietrich and Mae West, these films combine gangster drama, sophisticated comedy, provocative romance and unsettling horror. All twenty selections were released between 1930 and 1933, before strict enforcement of Hollywood's Production Code in 1934.

20 Pre-Code Films DVD Collection 1930s Harlow Stanwyck Cagney Dietrich Mae West

FEATURES

• 20 Classic Pre-Code Movies


• Films Released Between 1930 and 1933


• Featuring Jean Harlow and Barbara Stanwyck


• Featuring James Cagney, Marlene Dietrich and Mae West


• Includes Baby Face, Red-Headed Woman and The Public Enemy


• Includes Scarface, Little Caesar and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang


• Sophisticated Comedies Include Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living


• Vintage Horror Includes Freaks and Island of Lost Souls


• Stories of Ambition, Power, Romance and Social Conflict


• Black & White Films


• With Cover Art

MOVIES INCLUDED

1. Baby Face (1933)


2. Red-Headed Woman (1932)


3. The Public Enemy (1931)


4. Scarface (1932)


5. Little Caesar (1931)


6. Freaks (1932)


7. Island of Lost Souls (1932)


8. Trouble in Paradise (1932)


9. Design for Living (1933)


10. The Divorcee (1930)


11. Night Nurse (1931)


12. Female (1933)


13. Employees' Entrance (1933)


14. Safe in Hell (1931)


15. She Done Him Wrong (1933)


16. Three on a Match (1932)


17. Red Dust (1932)


18. Morocco (1930)


19. Blonde Venus (1932)


20. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

STORY SUMMARY

This collection explores a period when Hollywood filmmakers approached adult relationships, crime, ambition and social inequality with striking directness.

Baby Face, Red-Headed Woman, Female and Employees' Entrance examine power and opportunity in worlds shaped by money and unequal relationships. The Divorcee, Red Dust, Morocco and Blonde Venus bring emotional complications and unconventional romantic situations to the screen.

The Public Enemy, Scarface and Little Caesar follow the rise and consequences of criminal ambition. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang turns its attention toward injustice and the struggle to escape a punishing system.

Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living offer sophisticated romantic comedy, while She Done Him Wrong showcases Mae West's distinctive wit and commanding presence.

Night Nurse, Safe in Hell and Three on a Match add danger and desperation. Freaks and Island of Lost Souls round out the selection with disturbing stories that helped define early Hollywood horror.

GENRE

Genre: Movie Collection

Subgenre: Pre-Code / Drama / Crime / Gangster / Romance / Comedy / Horror / Classic Hollywood

ACTORS

Jean Harlow

Barbara Stanwyck

James Cagney

Marlene Dietrich

Mae West

Clark Gable

Edward G. Robinson

Paul Muni

Norma Shearer

Miriam Hopkins

Kay Francis

Herbert Marshall

Gary Cooper

Fredric March

Cary Grant

Ruth Chatterton

Warren William

Loretta Young

Dorothy Mackaill

Joan Blondell

Ann Dvorak

Bette Davis

Charles Laughton

Bela Lugosi

Featured performers appear across the collection; cast varies by film.

DIRECTOR

Various Directors

COLLECTION INFORMATION

Collection: 20 Pre-Code Films DVD Collection

Number of Movies: 20

Release Years: 1930–1933

Era: Pre-Code Hollywood

Format: Movie Collection

Language: English

Presentation: Black & White

Production Companies: Various

Individual Runtimes: Vary by Film and Edition

DVD SPECS

Media: DVD-R

Video: NTSC

Region: Region 0

Language: English

Presentation: Black & White

DVD Display Format: 4:3

Audio: English Mono

Movies Included: 20

Individual Runtimes: Vary by Film and Transfer

Artwork: With Cover Art

Compatibility: Please confirm your DVD player supports NTSC DVD-R.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The term pre-Code generally refers to Hollywood films made before strict Production Code enforcement began in 1934.


• The Production Code was adopted in 1930, several years before its enforcement became substantially stricter.


• Barbara Stanwyck stars in both Baby Face and Night Nurse.


• Jean Harlow appears in Red-Headed Woman, Red Dust and The Public Enemy.


• Marlene Dietrich stars in Morocco and Blonde Venus, both directed by Josef von Sternberg.


• Ernst Lubitsch directed Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living.


• Norma Shearer won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Divorcee.


• The collection spans multiple genres, showing that pre-Code describes an era rather than a single type of story.

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PUBLIC DOMAIN RESEARCH

This collection contains twenty separately produced films. Public domain status has not been established for the collection as a whole, and no blanket public domain claim is made.

Each title requires individual rights research covering the film, underlying material, music, specific transfers, restorations and artwork before commercial reproduction or distribution. The term pre-Code refers to a filmmaking era and does not establish copyright status.